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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1941)
Anut'7. 1041 THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE ONE REA GETS SET FDR HUGE JOB FOR DEFENSE By PETEH EDBON Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, An. (I II looked for time aa thotitih the now vast nnd still SrowliiK IUiriil Electrification administration mluht bo sacrific ed In Iho Interests of mitlonnl (ltfiMini, but by dint of cmic close fltturlnu, plua 0 alluht nil I ft In tho objecllvoa of tho REA Job to tlo It In mora closely with (lofcnjic. tho $10 million approp rliillon for this flscnl year will 11 bn nurd. ftEA' miiln problem has been to vet an allocution of metal. REA Hurt Hro now nbout ho If aluminum nnd hnlf copptr. Alu minum la nut for tho durntlon, but It la a safe bet now that REA will not tho 73,000 tona of atcol nnd tho (17,000 tona of coppor for 305,000 mllca of wire, tho 3000 tona of ilnc needed for Knlvniilzliitf polo top nnd uy assembly unlta, the S000 tona of porcoluin for Insulator, and timber for tho two million polos thnt will bo needed to carry the prournm Into tho fnll of 1042. You mluht not think tlmt tho expansion of a rural electrifica tion prog mm had anything to do with national defense, but REA flU Into tho picture like this: First, a bl campaign Is on to prove thut "food will win the war," Anything thut helps In tho production of food, helps win the war. Electrification of farms helps Increaso tho pro duction of food. Electrification of farms therefore helpa win tha war. Second, there Is a shortage of power, particularly in some regions. REA figures that by taking a good part of Its ap propriation and putting it Into ateum or dlcsel generating sta tions, strategically located, It can allevlato this power short age. Then, when tho war Is over, theso power stations will be available to feed Into new rural distribution systems until tho country Is covered. Urbanlias Attention For dumb clly fellers, and for boya who left Die farm be fore this wonderful age of rural electrification began, it may have to be explained how this Juice Is used. Take dairy prod ucts, for which there Is now an oxtra demand from Britain: Electricity runs tha milking ma chines, water pumps for the stock, separators and refriger ator systems to keep the milk from spoiling. . - Toko poultry: A farmer who doesn't hove electric lights in tho hen houses, to make the biddies work overtime and all tho time, simply can't compete with modern neighbors who do. Taka truck farms: Hot beds are no longor heated by manure, but by electricity. Incidentally, REA, through tho U, S. Film Service, achieved something of an artistic tri umph recently through lt docu mentary movie, "Power and the Lund," which explained all this. It's as good as tha much discussed "Plow Thnt Broka tho Plains." and "Tho River." In tho REA contribution, Director Joris Ivens looked around till ha found a nntiirnl cast of actors In Bill nnd llnr.cl Parkin son and their family, of Bel mont county, Ohio. Ivens filmed tha home life of tho Parkinsons, B, E, before electrification. Coal oil Inmps, hand 'milking, bntbs in a tin tub, soured milk in tho roman tic but inefficient spring house. Then tho life of tho Parkinsons, A. E. after electrification, Lights nil over tho place. Hoi nnd cold running wnter, Shower baths. Milking machines and electric Iceboxes, Rndlo, electric stove nnd nil tho other luxuries. A Liva Wire REA opened up shop In 1D.1B with n $14,000,000 npproprln Hon. At thnt lime, it was call mnted thnt only 743,000 of tho 6,800,000 U. S. fnrms hnd elec tricity. Since then, nnd up to June 1, REA ha hnd appropria tion of $374,000,000, It has strung 354.000 miles of wire. It lias (10 generating plants of Its own, coaling $11,000,000. House wiring nnd plumbing cost $7,000,000 nnd distribution systems $348,000,000. 11 hns advanced loans In 824 co-operntlves with 1,170,000 customers, nnd tho nrrenrnges on loans Is less than 33 cents per $1000 a good record for any bnnk. Tho money Is there fore coming bnck, with the ex ception of $4,000,000 nnminl administration costs, which the department of agriculture con tributes nnd writes off. Tho over-nil fnrm clectrlflcn lion plcturo todny Is thnt two million out of tho six million fnrms aro now wired, a 300 per cent Increaso in six years. REA distribution system buy 688 million klllowntls from private nnd government plants nnd they gnnernto 45 million klllowntls of their own. These 'Mystery Ships' at Attention on New Northwest Base ntWitWSiwl)wil :"::. '.-.".:-'.. :. . ' . ! . .. . , ,,,'tk', 0Wrr Slesmlng as thay atand "at attention" at Fi-Its Field, Hpokanc Wash., 25 B-2 "mystery bomlwrs ' are shown tned up for Inspection by Ma). Den. John F. Curry, commander of the Second Air Force. The I7th Bom bardment Oroup and 80th Reconnaissance Squadron are stationed at the field. REA power' planta aro all over tha country. Right now, REA figures that by , temporarily sidetracking soma of its planned distribution systems and going in for more generating systems It can re lievo power shortages tremend ously. One of its Ideas is for a wholo system of connected plants In and around Arkansas, to furnish' powor for greater production of aluminum most critically needed as defense material. Wire-Topping by Lineman Brings Startling Newt BAMBERG. S. C Ann IWri The telephone operator tried all morning to nnd Mcywerd Brax ton or psrtanburg about 200 miles awav. to tell him of hl brother's death. She docided to try onco more. At that moment, Braxton, a telephone linesman, climbed a polo near Spartanburg to cut In on a wire for a test and heard his namo called. EVERY LITTLE BIT OXNARD. Calif., (P) Add aluminum aources: Police Chief George Pryer raided a poker gamo and Con fiscated a quantity of aluminum Chips. , ,- They'll be used as evidence, then turned "over to" tlio OPM, All Is Apprehension Chubby, a neighborhood kitten, meets Tippie, who boasts a strain of Eskimo dog, at' the annual pet show ot the Children's Aid So ciety in New York. Tenement children's pets without pedigrees have their day at tills show. Ox-Cart Revived as Gasoline Banned PENACOOK, N. ., Aug. 6 (JP) The horse nnd buggy days hnvo been revived in several communities as a result ot gaso line sales restrictions at night but this community has returned to the period of the ox. cort. . Monday night David Morrell took his girl friend for a ride. When he called on Miss ''Joan Stuart he helped her onto an ox cart. The tail light was a red lantern and Morrell blew an old horn to acknowledge greetings of passing automobiles. Some oj tho funniest stunts In the movies don't get' any luufilis.. They're-puUcd-by the censors. Nl PPQN MOVES INTO DELICATE SPOT IN EAST By DEWITT MACKENZIE (Tha Bpaclal Naws Service) It needs no major prophet to assure us that there, are the makings of a brand new war in the far eastern crisis, but it would be a mistake to assume thnt shooting is inevitable. I don't believe that Japan wants war at this precise mo ment with Britain or Russia or the United States much less a combination of the three. How ever, it's quite clear that the Nipponese, In trying to get set so that they can take advantage of any major German success In the European war, have ma neuvered themselves into a mighty delicate position. In short, the Japanese are running the very evident risk of military action by Britain. Moreover, authoritative sources in Washington express the be lief that the United States wilt support any action that England takes: The Russian attitude hasn't been disclosed. At Just what point John Bull might fire a gun in anger is a matter of earnest speculation. The question of immediate con cern is whether Japan, having occupied the forbidden land of French Indo-China, will now dare the momentous step of seizing the neighboring state of Thailand. Possession of Thailand, as well as French Indo-China, would give the Japanese a powerful military base from which they could strike in any direction. The snatching of Thailand would immediately Increase the threat against Britain's great naval base of Singapore, the Dutch East Indies with their wealth of oil, rubber and other essentials, and the Philippines. Will Britain strike if the Japa nese carry out their aim of seiz ing Thailand? That's what Tokyo would like to know, along with the rest of the world. One would expect Nippon to go as far as humanly possible with out precipitating war, and then sit very tight pending definite indication of how the European conflict is going. However, Japan is so far com mitted to her expansion pro gram that a major German break-through of the Russian front at. this precise juncture might Impel her to cast off re- No, Siri Honest, It's Not a Torpedo . i-.'.J "V? 'WPsWJ 111 mm & ILlwIL 'i Much as It might resemble a projectile of war the bulleshaped gadget suspended In the middle of this picture Is not at all I ejrplos ve It s forged steel pin to help hold together two spans of the Pit River Bridge being built over a future arm of the Shasta Reservoir near Reddwg, , , Calif. straint and go all-out for. her objectives. Whether the reds hold, or don't hold, therefore becomes a mighty item. We undoubtedly would get considerable light if we knew what Constantin Smetanin, so viet ambassador to Tokyo, said to Japanese Foreign Minister Toyoda during their conference Tuesday. Did the red envoy by any chance assure Admiral Toy oda that Russia would abide by the neutrality pact ' signed in April with Japan? Under that each agreed to keep hands off in event the other should be the "object of military action on the part of one or several powers." In other words, if Russia kept this bond the Muscovite-would not intervene in case Japan should be the "object of mili tary action" on the part ot Brit ain and maybe others, certain ty that the bolshevists wouldn't make common cause with the British in the far east undoubt edly would have a tendency to stiffen Tokyo's attitude toward John Bull. NERVE MESSAGES It has been found that the electro-chemical imoulses by which nerves carry messages from one part of the body to another travel at the rate of 400 feet a second. Visitors Consult Local Chamber on " Varied Subjects . Tourists, although no longer required to register, still- come into the chamber of commerce in large numbers to obtain in formation about roads, fishing and other matters, according to Violet Wilson, assistant secre tary of the chamber.- A few tourists still ask about registration, not' knowing that the legislature at the last session repealed the law. requiring, out- of-state motorists to register. . The chamber of commeSrce maintains a large supply of maps and folders for the use of vis itors. i . - - s SOUTHPAW WINS 21 JACKSONVILLE Winner of 21 games already this season for the Fort Pierce club of the Class D Florida East .Coast league, Chester Covington 'has been sold to-Jacksonville-of-ttre Class B South Atlantic .'' ,. The southpaw f irebaljer, won 14 games before suffering his first defeat. He struck out 183 batters in 219 innings. .. He is 30 years old. T,. .. ... j - v Read the Classified page.. s SALEM. Aug. 5 (m Stata Insurance Commissioner Seth B. Thompson said in hil annual report Tuesday that Insurance companlei "are being efficient ly managed" and that a "sub stantial margin of surplus and contingency . . reserves 11 avail able, to take up the shocks of variation In experience f r o m year to year, so as to leave capital and statutory reserves unimpaired." . . . .' Life insurance companlei. at the end of 1940 carried a total of $756,087,530 Insurance in force on , 494,027 Oregon poli cies, an increase during the year of $20,250,666. These com panies paid, out $16,516,187 in benefits during 1940; .and col lected $22,306,929 In premiums. . Stock fire companies collect ed $8,517,579 In premiums dur ing the year, an 18.64 per cent increase over the previous year. They, paid $3,821,051 in claims. Two Executed as ; .v. Spies in Britain . After Secret Trial, ' LONDON, Aug. . Jth-Ktl Theo Drueke, 25, a German citi zen,, and Werner Heinrlch Wael ti, 29, identified in an official announcement as a Swiss, we're executed today at Wandsworth prison as secret agents for Germany;-' -- " ; ' " - ' ; They were! convicted under the treachery act after a secret trial June 12-13. ,, . : ' A statement by the home Of fice said that the men, who were arrested near Edinburgh, Scot land, apparently had been landed near the British coast by sea plane and had rowed ashore in a collapsible rubber boat. When seized, the statement declared,; each. was. equipped with a portable . wireless trans mitting and receiving outfit, .a large sum of English money and emergency food rations, includ ing German sausage. 1 ; Both men -had foreign' pass ports and spoke English. . pneras arrested at a station while, studying- a timetable .and the other was picked up later the same day, the home office . declared. "tt-'saidthe- men apparently had planned to proceed - into southern England to engage 'in espionage work; ...'. 1 Factory , sales of cars nd trucks in., the .United States m April wefe estimated "af 458,000 units. . - . . ., R J J JS.' ...jC- J A Little-Realized Fact mi MOIEBM car wmm ..s. 4 X . it t .V i ; iniMiiiiiwiiiiii 11111 imii 1 ki J it-i,;,v , m : n : IE TOLD ! ' . ' ' f '. 'HETHER your car has gone three thousand V V or thirty thousand miles your engine may have a higher compression today than when it was brand newl j : : J ' ; Such still higher compressions tend to make an engine less efficient, not more efficient! They are the cause of motor "let-down". . . the "pinging" and engine sluggishness you begin to notice, with the? same gasoline that worked "perfectly" before, ! Carbon is what causes this trouble. Carbon, ac cumulating in today's small combustion chambers, making them still smaller, your high compression still higher! Such" carbon deposits can't be avoided completely, regardless of what kind of oil or gasoline you buy.' . What is the cure? For temporary relief, you can change the spark adjustment at a cost of both fuel and motor efficiency. Or you can have the carbon removed regularly every few thousand miles. But we recommend something much simpler . . a change to Shell Premium Gasoline. This super motor fuel automatically compensates for carbon-created compression increases as they occur.- It's made to deliver maximum knock-free power every mile you drive. . - v The secret of it is a . special blend of clean-burning gasoline fractions . . . a patented, scientifically prepared anti-knock compound . . . and powerful alkylate, (similar to that used in 100 -octane aviation fuels). -Thus,' to new cars and old, Shell Premium gives faster knock-free pick up . . . cooler running ... and excellent mileage. - Shell Premium cosh 2 mora than "regular." 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